Llwyndyrys Estate (Wales)

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Llwyndyrys Estate (Wales)

Llwyndyrys in Cardiganshire was owned by the Symmons family during the 18th century. Among the properties that formed part of the estate in 1749 were Stradmore, Ddôl, Penlan, Berllan, the manor of Llandygwydd, and messuages called Llwyndyrys, Scotland, and Henbant, all in the parish of Llandygwydd.

In 1800 under an Act of Parliament for the redemption of Land Tax, the bishop of St David's sold the manor and lordship of Llwyndyrys to the Rev. Thomas Griffith, Prebendary of Llandygwydd. He died in 1813. In 1872 Llwyndyrys was owned by Charles Marshal Griffith and Sarah Anna Griffith. In 1920 it was owned by Major John Hugh Sandham Marshal Griffith, second son of the late Charles Marshal Griffith. The estate was purchased in 1924 by Sir John Lynn Thomas, owner of Stradmore.

The Ddôl estate, which formed part of the Llwyndyrys estate in the 18th century was leased by the Rev. Charles Symmons to Sylvanus Nugent of Penygored, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, in 1783. In 1787 Nugent conveyed Ddôl to John Forester of the Foreign, Walsall, Staffordshire, and William Davies of Clun Meredydd, parish of Whitchurch, Pembrokeshire. After numerous mortgages, Ddôl, or Thornville as it became known, was owned by Metcalf Graham Steele. The name of Ddôl was restored by Sir Henry Strachey, of Sutton Court, Somerset.